Chapter 26: More Shocking News
Dearest Trunks,
I fear that you have given up on our love and I have convinced myself to also.
I am sorry it had to work out this way but there is one thing left that I wanted to give you before you forgot me completely. Take this letter back to the lady who gave you the directions to find this place. She has something to give you. Hopefully she remembers what she did with it.
I will forever love you
Marron
Down, but not dead yet, Trunks picked up he broken heart and began to fly back towards the village.
*****
It was near midnight when he finally made it back to Maru's house. Lightly he knocked on her door and listened as she scurried to answer it. He heard her pull back the lock and slowly open the door to let him in.
Silently he handed her the letter and she began to read through it.
"Oh dear. I am sorry it had to work out this way." She said sympathetically. "I forgot all about that thing or else I wouldn't have sent you out there."
"So how long has she been gone?" he asked dryly.
"I don't remember. It's been at least 3 months now that I think about it." Maru said, lightly tapping a finger on her chin
He sighed as he slumped against the door.
"Come on. Go back to the room you were in and in the morning I will give you what she left. You will need your sleep."
Too worn out to argue, Trunks trudged back to the back room and plopped down on the bed, falling asleep almost instantly.
*****
The smell of bacon and eggs filled his room the next morning. His hunger made him rise from the bed and walk to the kitchen.
"Good morning." Maru chirped. "I made you some breakfast."
Trunks looked at the 3 eggs and 5 strips of bacon on the table. They were still steaming but it had been 24 hours since he last ate. *Oh well, some is better than none* he thought as he sat down at the table and thanked her before he started to slowly (by sayian terms) eat the small meal.
When he was done, she took his plate and put it in the sink.
"So I suppose that you would like to have what she left now huh?"
Trunks nodded as she left the room to go retrieve it. When she reappeared she handed him a grayish capsule labeled 'open immediately'. Sighing with nothing else left to lose, he did so. Out of the smoke a TV screen began to take shape and a few seconds later Marron's face was on the screen.
"Trunks, if you are seeing this you have much more faith in me than I do in myself. I am sorry but this time was not meant for me. Someday though, we might meet again and hopefully we both will be happy when we do. I am so sorry this didn't turn out better, like we had hoped it would. Hate me if you must but I will always love you. Before you leave though, turn and thank Maru for me." Then the android's daughters face faded from the screen.
Trunks bit his lip to keep the tears inside him as he turned to Maru. His eyes went wide. She was standing in the Capsule Corp. armor. Shoulder strap broke and everything.
"Where did you get that?"
"I found it."
"Where at?"
She smiled. "I was wearing it silly." She laughed as Maru pulled of the hat to reveal her true identity.
Giggling, she ran up to him and kissed him passionately, while he was still too shocked to react.
Putting his hands on her shoulders, he pushed her back and looked at her. Tears welled up in his eyes.
"Oh my Dende,.thank you." He whispered as he pulled Marron closer to him and kissed her yet again. "I have missed you so much." He said with their lips still touching.
She smiled. "You have missed me? I lived all alone for 2 years." She teased. "Come on, I want to go home." She said as she jumped onto his back piggyback style.
"Mr. Trunks!! Mr. Trunks!! You came back!!" Leah giggled as she ran towards the 2 adults.
Trunks smiled at her and tossed her up in the air as if she were nothing more than a doll.
"Mr. Trunks. I have something to tell you." The little girl smiled.
"Yes, what is it Leah?" he asked the little blonde headed child.
"Well, it is kind of a secret." She smiled as she cupped her hands around his ear and began to whisper into it. When she was done she pulled away and squirmed out of his grip, falling lightly to the ground.
"Good bye Mr. Trunks. Good bye Miss Marron. Come back and visit me sometime." Leah called as she ran into her house and shut the door behind her.
Trunks looked at Marron.
"What? She really is the neighbors' kid. So what did she tell ya?"
Trunks shook his head. "Nope. Can't tell you. It's a secret after all."
"But that's not fair."
Trunks smirked and lifted into the sky. "Everybody has really missed you. But I have one question for you. What was up with the whole Maru disguise and the note and the memo on the TV in the capsule?"
"I wanted to see if you would still go through with everything even if you feared that I didn't love you anymore. I had 2 years to think of everything. I went back and saw you one day. That day I saw how much you still loved me even though you didn't know I still existed. Your mother was really nice about the whole thing. Unfortunately everyone had given up on me. But I love the fact that you didn't let my room change. The pictures were still up on the walls, my diary was still under the mattress, untouched might I add."
Trunks thought back on everyone who had even come upstairs. His eyes went wide. "You were Morgan Nuelle too?"
Marron smiled. "Ah the miracles of hair dye and contacts." She laughed as Capsule Corp came into view.
"I have missed this place so much!" she squealed as he landed and she slid off his back.
He picked her back up and kissed her again. "Stay right here. I want this to be a surprise for them too!" Trunks chuckled as he opened the door. "Mom! I am home!" Trunks called as he ran into the house.
"Trunks Briefs!! Where have you been?! We have been searching everywhere for you?!" Bulma scolded as she ran into the front room with the rest of the gang behind her
"Well, someone needed my help so I did but it went till late last night. They were very nice and they let me stay the night with them. They even gave me something to bring back for you all. Do you wanna see it??"
Everyone nodded so Trunks stepped out of the door and stayed out there for a while.
"Come on Trunks. I was in the middle of making lunch." Bulma told him, annoyance rising in her voice.
"I'm trying mother." He called back to her.
Slightly peeved, she walked out there then let out an ear-piercing squeal. Soon everyone joined them outside, tears again streaming down their faces.
Only this time it was tears of joy.
Dearest Trunks,
I fear that you have given up on our love and I have convinced myself to also.
I am sorry it had to work out this way but there is one thing left that I wanted to give you before you forgot me completely. Take this letter back to the lady who gave you the directions to find this place. She has something to give you. Hopefully she remembers what she did with it.
I will forever love you
Marron
Down, but not dead yet, Trunks picked up he broken heart and began to fly back towards the village.
*****
It was near midnight when he finally made it back to Maru's house. Lightly he knocked on her door and listened as she scurried to answer it. He heard her pull back the lock and slowly open the door to let him in.
Silently he handed her the letter and she began to read through it.
"Oh dear. I am sorry it had to work out this way." She said sympathetically. "I forgot all about that thing or else I wouldn't have sent you out there."
"So how long has she been gone?" he asked dryly.
"I don't remember. It's been at least 3 months now that I think about it." Maru said, lightly tapping a finger on her chin
He sighed as he slumped against the door.
"Come on. Go back to the room you were in and in the morning I will give you what she left. You will need your sleep."
Too worn out to argue, Trunks trudged back to the back room and plopped down on the bed, falling asleep almost instantly.
*****
The smell of bacon and eggs filled his room the next morning. His hunger made him rise from the bed and walk to the kitchen.
"Good morning." Maru chirped. "I made you some breakfast."
Trunks looked at the 3 eggs and 5 strips of bacon on the table. They were still steaming but it had been 24 hours since he last ate. *Oh well, some is better than none* he thought as he sat down at the table and thanked her before he started to slowly (by sayian terms) eat the small meal.
When he was done, she took his plate and put it in the sink.
"So I suppose that you would like to have what she left now huh?"
Trunks nodded as she left the room to go retrieve it. When she reappeared she handed him a grayish capsule labeled 'open immediately'. Sighing with nothing else left to lose, he did so. Out of the smoke a TV screen began to take shape and a few seconds later Marron's face was on the screen.
"Trunks, if you are seeing this you have much more faith in me than I do in myself. I am sorry but this time was not meant for me. Someday though, we might meet again and hopefully we both will be happy when we do. I am so sorry this didn't turn out better, like we had hoped it would. Hate me if you must but I will always love you. Before you leave though, turn and thank Maru for me." Then the android's daughters face faded from the screen.
Trunks bit his lip to keep the tears inside him as he turned to Maru. His eyes went wide. She was standing in the Capsule Corp. armor. Shoulder strap broke and everything.
"Where did you get that?"
"I found it."
"Where at?"
She smiled. "I was wearing it silly." She laughed as Maru pulled of the hat to reveal her true identity.
Giggling, she ran up to him and kissed him passionately, while he was still too shocked to react.
Putting his hands on her shoulders, he pushed her back and looked at her. Tears welled up in his eyes.
"Oh my Dende,.thank you." He whispered as he pulled Marron closer to him and kissed her yet again. "I have missed you so much." He said with their lips still touching.
She smiled. "You have missed me? I lived all alone for 2 years." She teased. "Come on, I want to go home." She said as she jumped onto his back piggyback style.
"Mr. Trunks!! Mr. Trunks!! You came back!!" Leah giggled as she ran towards the 2 adults.
Trunks smiled at her and tossed her up in the air as if she were nothing more than a doll.
"Mr. Trunks. I have something to tell you." The little girl smiled.
"Yes, what is it Leah?" he asked the little blonde headed child.
"Well, it is kind of a secret." She smiled as she cupped her hands around his ear and began to whisper into it. When she was done she pulled away and squirmed out of his grip, falling lightly to the ground.
"Good bye Mr. Trunks. Good bye Miss Marron. Come back and visit me sometime." Leah called as she ran into her house and shut the door behind her.
Trunks looked at Marron.
"What? She really is the neighbors' kid. So what did she tell ya?"
Trunks shook his head. "Nope. Can't tell you. It's a secret after all."
"But that's not fair."
Trunks smirked and lifted into the sky. "Everybody has really missed you. But I have one question for you. What was up with the whole Maru disguise and the note and the memo on the TV in the capsule?"
"I wanted to see if you would still go through with everything even if you feared that I didn't love you anymore. I had 2 years to think of everything. I went back and saw you one day. That day I saw how much you still loved me even though you didn't know I still existed. Your mother was really nice about the whole thing. Unfortunately everyone had given up on me. But I love the fact that you didn't let my room change. The pictures were still up on the walls, my diary was still under the mattress, untouched might I add."
Trunks thought back on everyone who had even come upstairs. His eyes went wide. "You were Morgan Nuelle too?"
Marron smiled. "Ah the miracles of hair dye and contacts." She laughed as Capsule Corp came into view.
"I have missed this place so much!" she squealed as he landed and she slid off his back.
He picked her back up and kissed her again. "Stay right here. I want this to be a surprise for them too!" Trunks chuckled as he opened the door. "Mom! I am home!" Trunks called as he ran into the house.
"Trunks Briefs!! Where have you been?! We have been searching everywhere for you?!" Bulma scolded as she ran into the front room with the rest of the gang behind her
"Well, someone needed my help so I did but it went till late last night. They were very nice and they let me stay the night with them. They even gave me something to bring back for you all. Do you wanna see it??"
Everyone nodded so Trunks stepped out of the door and stayed out there for a while.
"Come on Trunks. I was in the middle of making lunch." Bulma told him, annoyance rising in her voice.
"I'm trying mother." He called back to her.
Slightly peeved, she walked out there then let out an ear-piercing squeal. Soon everyone joined them outside, tears again streaming down their faces.
Only this time it was tears of joy.